[Left out of A Tramp Abroad, because it was feared that some of the particulars had been exaggerated, and that others were not true. Before these suspicions had been proven groundless, the book had gone to press. --M. T.] Chapter 1The following curio

发表于:2018-12-06 / 阅读(182) / 评论(0) 分类 马克吐温最佳短篇小说

The biggest and strongest animal on land is the elephant. The largest and heaviest animal in the sea is the whale. It's also the biggest eater in the world. It eats a ton of food a day. It looks like

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Lets say that you could combine, into one super brain, 100 of the best minds in the history of mankind. Would that super-intelligent brain be able to fully appreciate all the wonders of the universe? Probably not. The universe is simply too big, too

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This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. When farmers and wild animals share land, conflicts can be hard to prevent. But the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization is trying to help. The FAO and other groups are developing what t

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Oh, baby elephant you are such a hoot. You are so darn wrinkly and so darn cute whether clowning with your bestest bud,or trying to climb out of the mud, or wrestling on a dry lake bed, or playing with stuff on top of your head. You show us humans we

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DEVELOPMENT REPORT - 80 Million Treated Against Elephantiasis By Jill Moss Broadcast: Monday, April 19, 2004 This is Robert Cohen with the VOA Special English Development Report. Elephantiasis Patient

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VOICE ONE: Im Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: Safari explorers on the Chobe River And Im Barbara Klein with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today we go on safari to experience the sights and sounds of Africas rich wildlife. The word safari comes from t

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Visitors to the California city of San Diego can enter a world of elephants, jaguars, camels and other modern animals whose distant cousins lived in North America. The San Diego Zoo's Elephant Odyssey is a new exhibit that shows the links between an

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Elephant Leaves Alaska for Warmer Home 大象玛姬离开阿拉斯加前往温暖新家 As we write this story, the temperature in Anchorage, Alaska, is minus-8 degrees Celsius. Bitter cold, in other words, as you might expect on an early-winter day

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Forensic Testing of Ivory Could Combat Elephant Poaching The sweeping grasslands of the African savannah might not exist without elephants. They knock down so many trees that forests transform into plains, where other grazers and birds feed. Elephant

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释义: Ignoring an obvious problem; Failing to address an issue that stands out in a major way.忽略明显的问题,避而不谈的事情; 来源: The imagery for this phrase is something like this: 这个词组的寓意是这样When there'

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I MET HER NEAR the end of September. It had been raining that day from morning to nightthe kind of soft, monotonous, misty rain that often falls at that time of year, washing away bit by bit the memories of summer burned into the earth. Coursing down

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The Elephant Vanishes WHEN THE ELEPHANT disappeared from our towns elephant house, I read about it in the newspaper. My alarm clock woke me that day, as always, at 6:13. I went to the kitchen, made coffee and toast, turned on the radio, spread the pa

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Kenyan Makes 900-Km US Trek to Fight Elephant Poaching Jim Nyamu is a man on a mission. With Kenyan flag in hand, he has spent the past month crossing the northeastern United States on foot, stopping along the way to tell people how a growing demand

发表于:2019-01-31 / 阅读(144) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA常速英语2013年(十月)

An elephant was once appointed ruler of the forest.Now,it is well known that the race of elephants is endowed with great intelligence;but every family has its unworthy scion.Our Governor was as stout as the rest of his race are,but as fooli

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White elephant: 沉重的包袱 如今流行这么一句话,买车容易养车难。其中的理儿谁都明白,不说其它杂七杂八的养车开销,单看那油价居高不下就令整个儿工薪族望而却步。今天谈的white elephant(

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Book About the Elephant 关于大象的书 The France book-1000 Ways to Cook Elephant 法国的书大象的一千种烹饪法 The English book-Elephants I Have Shot on Safari 英国的书我在东非的游猎中打到的大象 The Welsh book-The Elep

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Elephant vs. Ants Soccer Game 大象对蚂蚁的足球赛 It was a boring Sunday afternoon in the jungle so the elephants decided to challenge the ants to a game of soccer. 星期天的下午太无聊了,于是大象向蚂蚁提出踢一场足球赛。

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The elephant, named Zhusunya by locals, left a nature reserve last Friday and damaged more than a dozen cars parked along the road. Another nine cars were damaged during a rampage on Monday. Local workers say the elephant was probably angry after los

发表于:2019-02-21 / 阅读(59) / 评论(0) 分类 2016CRI中国国际广播电台

A wild Asian elephant has been seen strolling through the downtown area of the city of Pu'er in Yunnan on Saturday evening, April 7. Officials say the elephant wandered through the streets for a few hours before finally growing tired of 'window shopp

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